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we find the Ve'danta pari bhashya (read pari bhasha) II, 

 p. 12 under "Vedanta" and II, p. 20 under Advaita : the 

 Vasantatilaka, I, pp. 87 and 223 under "Erotic," I, 133, II, 

 383, 384 under " Dramatic" : Chambu (leg. Champu) — rama- 

 yana I. 80 under " Dramatic" 1, 175 under " Romance," the 

 Itihasasamuchhaya, 1, 83 under " Ethical:" I, 193, 302 under 

 "Tales:" the Scanda upapuranam (sic) I, p. 291 under 

 " Pauranical," I, p. 300 under " Saiva Sectarial" etc. Other 

 books are arranged under wrong headings, e. g. I, p. 11, Srad- 

 dhavidhi by Aba-stambha-muni, (read Apastamba) under 

 Dharmacastra, whilst it belongs to " Ritual :" I, p. 3, Sancalpa 

 Suryodaya vyakyanam (read vyakhyanam) under" Ethical', 

 whilst it ought to stand under " Dramatic," I, 108 : Naityika 

 mantra vyakhyanam under "Incantations," whilst it belongs 

 to " Ritual." I, 66 and 67, four copies of the Madhvavijaya 

 under " Vedantic," which ought to stand under "Sectarial," as 

 the work describes the life and opinions of Madhvacharya, 

 the head of the Brahmasampradayis. These few specimens 

 will give the reader an idea of the chaotic confusion pre- 

 vailing throughout the work. 



But this is not all we have to say against Mr. Taylor's 

 Catalogue. The introductions to the " generic" headings in 

 the preface, the descriptions of the books are full of the 

 grossest faults, inaccurate and unscholarly. What must we 

 think of the Sanskritic attainments of the Rev. Mr. Taylor, 

 when we see him translate (I, 196) the title of the well- 

 known Brihadaranya or Brihadaranyaka by " the spreading 

 forest" whilst it means the great aranyaka, i. e. the portion 

 of the Veda to be recited in the woods ? or when he tells us 

 about the same work I, p. 197 : " the writer is said to be 

 Brihadaranya Rishi" ? In another notice of the book he 

 correctly names Yajnavalkya as the supposed author. Fur- 

 ther proofs for our assertions are found in the following- 

 instances. 



